Hymns for childhood on the works of nature, and other subjects : for the use of children (1840)
Hemans, Felicia Dorothea Browne, 1793-1835 · Philadelphia : Henry F. Anners · leaf 65
ome, deep in western wilds, displayTheir fairy form and plumage gay, In rainbow colors drest. 48 Others no varied song may pour,May boast no eagle-[)lLmie to soar, No tints of light may wear;Yet, know, our Heavenly Father guidesThe least of these, and well provides For each, with tenderest care.… … 49 THE SKY-LARK. The Sky-lark, when the dews of mornHang tremulous on flower and thorn,And violets round his nest exhaleTheir fragrance on the early gale,To the first sunbeam spreads his wings.Buoyant with joy, and soars, and sings. He rests not on the leafy spray,To warble his exulting lay,4 50…
Children's poetry, American
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